Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Distortions, Oponents, and Gay Marriage

We've all heard the statistic that divorce rates in America are almost 50 percent, even though divorce is on the decline. But a drop in the number of divorces, coupled with a drop in the number of marriages, could disrupt the institution of marriage as we know it, says a 2005 USA Today article.

More than 80 percent of Americans are Christians, according to a 2003 Gallup poll.

This is one of the most disturbing and hypocritical positions around today, and I don't understand either argument. Marriage, whether heterosexual or homosexual, should not be an issue when determining who is most suitable to run the country.

The state of marriage in America is disastrous, and it's not the fault of gay people. Even if there were no gay men or lesbians in existence - like the moral utopia of Iran, which is free from the phenomenon of homosexuality - this would still be the case.

I believe all children deserve stable parents, but this doesn't mean we should ban single, divorced and infertile parents from raising children.

I am opposed to the validity of gay marriage in the Church. I believe children deserve capable fathers and mothers, and I believe homosexual acts are sinful.

But I don't believe gay men and lesbians are any more sinful than anyone else - and I can't find any reasonable arguments to bar them from civil unions that aren't applicable to heterosexual couples.

In the Gospel of John, the Bible says, "I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. There also I must lead..."

Recommended Reading

Veteran Ben LaGuer

Let me finally return to Dwight Macdonald and the responsibility of intellectuals. Macdonald quotes an interview with a death-camp paymaster who burst into tears when told that the Russians would hang him. "Why should they? What have I done?" he asked. Macdonald concludes: "Only those who are willing to resist authority themselves when it conflicts too intolerably with their personal moral code, only they have the right to condemn the death-camp paymaster." The question, "What have I done?" is one that we may well ask ourselves, as we read each day of fresh atrocities in Vietnam—as we create, or mouth, or tolerate the deceptions that will be used to justify the next defense of freedom.

– Chomsky, The Responsibility of Intellectuals 1967

Words to Remember:

"Juris praecepta sunt haec: honeste vivere; alterum non laedere; suum cuique tribuere"(These are the precepts of the law: To live honorably; to hurt nobody; to render to every one his due.)

"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." -Section 1 of the 14th amendment to the US Constitution

Never Forgotten; Sadly Missed

Lawrence King

GLBT Legends

Paul McMahon and Ralph Hodgdon in 2007

"If you want to be important -- wonderful. If you want to be recognized -- wonderful. If you want to be great -- wonderful. But, recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness." -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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